Category: Computer Editorial Internet Security

China cracksdown on market rumours with mass arrests

Almost 200 people have been punished for offences including spreading rumours, the Chinese authorities said, blaming individuals including brokers and journalists for recent stock market >>>

Posted: August 31, 2015 in Computer, Editorial, Internet, Security

Microsoft Starts Collecting User Data from Windows 7 and Windows 8 PCs – Softpedia

The Windows 10 privacy saga moves to older OS versions Source: Microsoft Starts Collecting User Data from Windows 7 and Windows 8 PCs – Softpedia

Posted: August 30, 2015 in Computer, Security

MIT invents ‘breakthrough’ 3D printer that can print 10 different materials simultaneously

MIT’s MultiFab 3D printer scans items as they are being printed and prints around inserted components. Source: MIT invents ‘breakthrough’ 3D printer that can print >>>

Posted: August 30, 2015 in 3D Printers, Gadgetry

Energy storage megashift ahead

A major report from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) predicts a 40-60 per cent price plunge for certain battery technologies by 2020. Source: Energy >>>

Posted: August 28, 2015 in Energy, Storage

Hawaii’s Governor Dumps Oil and Gas in Favor of 100 Percent Renewables | The Nation

Source: Hawaii’s Governor Dumps Oil and Gas in Favor of 100 Percent Renewables | The Nation

Posted: August 27, 2015 in Editorial, Energy, Environmental

Bronze Age Greek city found underwater

The discovery at Lampayannas may require historians and archaeologists to re-write the prehistory of Greece. Source: Bronze Age Greek city found underwater

Posted: August 27, 2015 in Social

Ubuntu Privacy Issues Eerily Similar To Windows 10

It turns out, although the Canonical Privacy Policy is no where near as bad as the Microsoft Privacy Policy, it is still pretty scary. Source: >>>

Posted: August 27, 2015 in Computer, Security

Scientists replicated 100 recent psychology experiments. More than half of them failed.

Just listen to how difficult it was to repeat even one experiment. Source: Scientists replicated 100 recent psychology experiments. More than half of them failed.

Posted: August 27, 2015 in Social

New Science Appears to Confirm a Theory That Could Reveal the Origin of All Life

Life may have begun with a spark — but if so, it wasn’t divine. Source: New Science Appears to Confirm a Theory That Could Reveal >>>

Posted: August 25, 2015 in Biological

U.S. scientists successfully turn human cancer cells back to normal in process that could ‘switch off’ disease | National Post

For the first time, aggressive breast, lung and bladder cancer cells have been turned back into harmless benign cells Source: U.S. scientists successfully turn human >>>

Posted: August 25, 2015 in Biological